James Joyce's Black Tea Blend

James Joyce was born February 2, 1882 in a suburb of Dublin, Ireland. He attended a private boarding school until his father’s debts caught up with the family and he and his siblings were forced to leave. He would later attend college and, while he achieved high marks, his views never aligned with the Jesuit professors. A collection of his short stories, The Dubliners, was published in 1914 and introduced Joyce’s dense and atmospheric prose to the world. He would go on to travel Europe, spending most of his productive years in France, where Ulysses was published in 1922. Joyce’s influence continues into the 21st century where his method of conveying the complexity and chaos of random thought as a stream of consciousness is still in use.

For Joyce, tea was an expected part of life and it appears in his works as a routine part of the day. As a man of taste, he enjoyed the finer things in life and, as an article describing a meeting at his house says, “Mrs. Joyce gives us the best tea and the nicest cakes that are to be had in any house in Paris.” Our James Joyce tea blend uses a distinctly Irish mix of black teas to mimic the type of drink he and his friends would have enjoyed.

This delightfully bold blend of teas brews to a golden cup with a malty flavor and a slightly fruity aftertaste.

Ingredients: Black teas from India, Sri Lanka and Kenya.

Certified Kosher

Brew tea at 212º - steep for 3 minutes.

4 Ounces of loose tea makes approximately 50 cups of tea.

Please note that the photo is shown for our 4oz tin. We are also offering this in a 4oz pkg size, which will come in one of our double lined bags labeled with the name of the tea.

Works by James Joyce:

The Dubliners
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Ulysses
Finnegan’s Wake

Check with your local bookstore for more titles or for recommendations for further reading.

Product Reviews

Skeptic No More

12/20/2016

James Joyce Tea? I must admit I thought this was just a promotional gimmick. Then again, having ordered from S&V for 16 years, I just knew it must be a great tea blend. I was right. It is as good as my all time favorite, Beesakopie. A thoroughly delightful black tea that holds up at altitude (184 degrees = boiling point) and even better with a shot of Honey or Agave light.

- CHAR CARY, CO

Lovely black tea blend

9/24/2016

Sometimes I just want black tea and no extra flavoring. This is perfect.

- Anna C, WI

A great tea for company!

11/17/2015

This is the tea that I knew I would like when I read the description of it! This is my tea that I share with my sister when she comes over, I love this tea because it is something we can both agree on! She usually prefers Green teas and I drink mostly Black teas so we dont always see eye to eye in our tea times together, I know if I serve this we can have a pleasant day together talking about how we both love it!